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Battle of La Hogue

Benjamin West
Painting
c. 1778
Owner: National Gallery of Art

Bust of Benjamin West, P.R.A.

Sir Francis Legatt Chantrey
Sculpture
1818
Owner: Royal Academy of Arts, London

Portrait of John Grey

Benjamin West
Painting
1766

Benjamin West with a Bust of George III

Henry Bone
Drawing
1804
Owner: National Portrait Gallery, London

Benjamin West

Angelica Kauffmann
Drawing
1763
Owner: National Portrait Gallery, London

Benjamin West

Gilbert Stuart
Painting
1786
Owner: Private collection

Benjamin Franklin Drawing Electricity from the Sky

Benjamin West
Painting
c. 1816
Owner: Philadelphia Museum of Art

Benjamin West

Charles Muss
Drawing
c. 1811-24
Owner: National Portrait Gallery, London
Benjamin West Self-portrait Miniature/Miniature of a Woman

Benjamin West Self-portrait Miniature/Miniature of a Woman

Benjamin West
Drawing
c. 1758-59
Owner: Historical Society of Pennsylvania

Auto Portrait

Benjamin West
Painting
c. 1800-20
Owner: Musée National de la Cooperation Franco-Américain du Château de Blérancourt

Benjamin West

John Downman
Drawing
1777
Owner: Fitzwilliam Museum
Self-portrait

Self-portrait

Benjamin West
Painting
c. 1760
Owner: Private collection

Self-portrait with a bust of George III

Benjamin West
Painting
Owner: St. James's Club

Queen Charlotte

Benjamin West
Painting
c. 1776
Owner: Barbara Gill

Benjamin West

Richard James Lane
Drawing
Owner: Mrs. Jacob Whitebook

Benjamin West

Gilbert Stuart
Painting
Owner: Private collection

William Young

Benjamin West
Painting
c. 1767
Owner: William Vareika Fine Arts

Portrait of Benjamin West

Angelica Kauffmann
Painting
1762
Owner: Galleria degli Uffizi

Portrait of a Gentleman

Benjamin West
Painting
c. 1771
Owner: Philip Mould Ltd
Sir Benjamin West

Sir Benjamin West

George Watson
Painting
1815
Owner: National Gallery of Scotland

Battle of La Hogue

Benjamin West
Painting
1778, retouched 1806
Owner: Yale Center for British Art

George, First Lord Lyttelton

Benjamin West
Painting
c. 1772
Owner: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute

Portrait of Benjamin West, P.R.A.

John Jackson
Drawing
1814
Owner: Yale Center for British Art

Ralph Izard and Fellow Students at Cambridge University, England

Benjamin West
Painting
c. 1763
Owner: UNLOCATED

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